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United States Patent | 5,330,623 |
Holland | * July 19, 1994 |
The organic material (such as waste tire compound) is pyrolysed by pre-heating the organic material (without pyrolysis) in a preheat zone 9 by a hot gas stream; feeding pre-heated material directly to a microwave discharge zone 10 by means of conveyor 8; pyrolysing the pre-heated material in the microwave discharge zone to produce solid fission products containing elemental carbon and gaseous by-products; and recycling at least some of the latter to the hot gas stream which is supplied to the pre-heating zone.
Inventors: | Holland; Kenneth M. (Ashwood, Wynwoods, CampbellClose, Romford, GB) |
[*] Notice: | The portion of the term of this patent subsequent to January 28, 2009 has been disclaimed. |
Appl. No.: | 826126 |
Filed: | January 27, 1992 |
Current U.S. Class: | 201/19; 201/25; 201/29; 201/32; 201/35; 423/449.1; 585/241 |
Intern'l Class: | C10B 053/00 |
Field of Search: | 201/19,25,29,32,35 585/241 423/449 |
3449213 | Jun., 1969 | Knapp et al. | 201/19. |
3843457 | Oct., 1974 | Grannen et al. | 201/19. |
4118282 | Oct., 1978 | Wallace | 201/25. |
4376034 | Mar., 1983 | Wall | 201/19. |
4647443 | Mar., 1987 | Apffel | 585/241. |